Women’s Rugby
The Queen’s Gaels (women) and reigning national champion Guelph Gryphons (men) are the top-ranked cross country programs to start the 2018 season.
The Gaels, who captured the team silver medal last fall in Victoria, kicked off their season on Saturday, winning the Queen’s Invitational on home course at Fort Henry Hill, the host of the next two U SPORTS national championships. The Gryphons meanwhile, won their 10th national title in 12 years last November, but first since 2014. Both teams head to London, Ont., for the Western Invitational this weekend.
In other U SPORTS rankings, Cape Breton (men’s soccer), Trinity Western (women’s soccer) and Ottawa (women’s rugby) remain national leaders for another week.
New this season, U SPORTS is implementing the ELO Rating System for the calculation of its weekly national rankings. Powered by RankR, ELO’s unique algorithm blends a statistical calculation with customized variables that is adaptable across a range of sports. For more information, click here.
Men's Cross Country
Rank | School | Points | Previous |
1 | Guelph | 100 | - |
T2 | Laval | 75 | - |
T2 | McMaster | 75 | - |
T2 | Calgary | 75 | - |
5 | Queen’s | 56 | - |
T6 | UBC | 43 | - |
T6 | Western | 43 | - |
8 | Victoria | 30 | - |
9 | Windsor | 23 | - |
10 | Regina | 10* | - |
Other teams receiving votes: Trinity Western (10)*, Lakehead (5), Dalhousie (3), Toronto (3) |
*Regina is ranked No.10 over Trinity Western due to a high number of higher-placed votes
Women's Cross Country
Rank | School | Points | Previous |
1 | Queen’s | 95 | - |
2 | Toronto | 85 | - |
3 | Guelph | 80 | - |
4 | Laval | 63 | - |
5 | McGill | 60 | - |
6 | Victoria | 56 | - |
7 | Calgary | 28 | - |
8 | Dalhousie | 23 | - |
9 | Alberta | 18 | - |
10 | Trinity Western | 15 | - |
Other teams receiving votes: Western (10), UBC (5), Saskatchewan (5), Sherbrooke (3), Acadia (3), Regina (3), McMaster (3) |
Women's Rugby
Rank | School | Season | ELO | Previous |
1 | Ottawa | 3-0 | 1870.7 | 1 |
2 | StFX | 2-0 | 1757.2 | 2 |
3 | Laval | 2-1 | 1722.4 | 3 |
4 | Guelph | 2-0 | 1711.1 | 4 |
5 | Queen’s | 2-1 | 1710.4 | 7 |
6 | Carleton | 3-0 | 1666.2 | NR |
7 | Calgary | 1-0 | 1658.9 | 6 |
8 | Acadia | 2-0 | 1631.6 | 8 |
9 | Brock | 2-0 | 1610.1 | 10 |
10 | McMaster | 1-1 | 1601.7 | 5 |
Honourable Mention: Victoria (1590.0), York (1518.8), Concordia (1516.9) |
Men's Soccer
Rank | School | Season | ELO | Previous |
1 | Cape Breton | 3-0-1 | 1783.5 | 1 |
2 | York | 5-0-2 | 1758.9 | 2 |
3 | UBC | 5-0-1 | 1737.8 | 5 |
4 | Montreal | 4-0-0 | 1735.7 | 3 |
5 | Carleton | 7-0-1 | 1732.2 | 4 |
6 | Ryerson | 6-0-1 | 1720.3 | 6 |
7 | Guelph | 6-1-1 | 1686.3 | 7 |
8 | Alberta | 6-0-1 | 1663.3 | 8 |
9 | Acadia | 4-0-0 | 1615.6 | NR |
10 | StFX | 2-1-1 | 1611.6 | 9 |
Honourable Mention: Trinity Western (1601.5), Laval (1598.5), UQAM (1581.1), McMaster (1578.9), Toronto (1564.1), Queen's (1544.2), Western (1530.6), UNB (1528.4), Thompson Rivers (1526.6), UFV (1521.1), Dalhousie (1519.8), Waterloo (1517.0), Victoria (1507.0), UNBC (1503.8) |
Women's soccer
Rank | School | Season | ELO | Previous |
1 | Trinity Western | 4-0-0 | 1782.8 | 1 |
2 | Montreal | 4-0-1 | 1764.5 | 2 |
3 | Cape Breton | 4-0-0 | 1758.3 | 3 |
4 | Laval | 2-1-2 | 1696.3 | 4 |
5 | Western | 4-0-3 | 1694.2 | 8 |
6 | Acadia | 4-0-0 | 1679.7 | 10 |
7 | Queen's | 5-1-0 | 1677.7 | 7 |
8 | Ottawa | 6-1-1 | 1667.8 | 5 |
9 | Guelph | 6-0-2 | 1662.8 | 9 |
10 | UBC | 3-2-0 | 1661.3 | 6 |
Honourable Mention: Alberta (1650.5), UOIT (1627.1), Victoria (1610.8), Calgary (1609.1), Dalhousie (1598.0), York (1569.1), Memorial (1562.9), McGill (1538.6), MacEwan (1534.9), Saskatchewan (1523.8), Toronto (1517.6), StFX (1515.4), McMaster (1500.5) |